Teachers stimulate the students' interest, have them think, ask questions, and debate among themselves.
Source: tatoeba (19059)
Stimulate
//ˈstɪm.jəˌleɪt//
Synonyms for "stimulate" (259 found)
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22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
Antonyms
3 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
5 entriesderived
31 entriesautostimulatebiostimulatecolony-stimulating factorcostimulatecounterstimulatedestimulateelectrostimulatefollicle stimulating hormonefollicle-stimulating hormonegranulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factorgravistimulatehyperstimulateimmunostimulateinstimulateinterstimulatemelanocyte-stimulating hormone
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3 entriesrelated to
2 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
76 translations across 32 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- stimuloj verb (to arouse an organism to functional activity)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἐρεθίζω verb (to encourage into action)
Armenian
2 entries- գրգռել verb (to encourage into action)
- գրգռել verb (to arouse an organism to functional activity)
Belarusian
1 entries- стымулява́ць verb (to encourage into action)
Bulgarian
2 entries- подбу́ждам verb (to encourage into action)
- стимулирам verb (to arouse an organism to functional activity)
Catalan
2 entries- estimular verb (to encourage into action)
- estimular verb (to arouse an organism to functional activity)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 刺激 verb (to encourage into action)
- 刺激 verb (to arouse an organism to functional activity)
Czech
1 entries- podnítit verb (to encourage into action)
Dutch
4 entries- aansporen verb (to encourage into action)
- prikkelen verb (to encourage into action)
- prikkelen verb (to arouse an organism to functional activity)
- stimuleren verb (to encourage into action)
Esperanto
2 entries- stimuli verb (to encourage into action)
- stimuli verb (to arouse an organism to functional activity)
Finnish
4 entries- elvyttää verb (to encourage into action)
- elvyttää verb (to arouse an organism to functional activity)
- kiihottaa verb (to arouse an organism to functional activity)
- piristää verb (to encourage into action)
French
2 entries- stimuler verb (to encourage into action)
- stimuler verb (to arouse an organism to functional activity)
Galician
1 entries- estimular verb (to encourage into action)
German
2 entries- stimulieren verb (to encourage into action)
- stimulieren verb (to arouse an organism to functional activity)
Greek
3 entries- διεγείρω verb (to arouse an organism to functional activity)
- παρακινώ verb (to encourage into action)
- παροτρύνω verb (to encourage into action)
Hungarian
1 entries- elősegít verb (to encourage into action)
Italian
2 entries- stimolare verb (to encourage into action)
- stimolare verb (to arouse an organism to functional activity)
Japanese
2 entries- 刺激する verb (to encourage into action)
- 刺激する verb (to arouse an organism to functional activity)
Latin
1 entries- commoveō verb (to encourage into action)
Maltese
1 entries- ħeġġeġ verb (to encourage into action)
Māori
4 entries- whakahihiko verb (to encourage into action)
- whakahihiko verb (to encourage into action)
- whakahohe verb (to encourage into action)
- whakaihiihi verb (to encourage into action)
Norman
2 entries- stînmuler verb (to encourage into action)
- stînmuler verb (to arouse an organism to functional activity)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- hander kirin verb (to encourage into action)
Occitan
1 entries- estimular verb (to encourage into action)
Persian
4 entries- انگیختن verb (to encourage into action)
- برانگیختن verb (to encourage into action)
- تحریکیدن verb (to arouse an organism to functional activity)
- تَحرِیک کردن verb (to encourage into action)
Polish
1 entries- stymulować verb (to encourage into action)
Portuguese
3 entries- estimular verb (to encourage into action)
- estimular verb (to arouse an organism to functional activity)
- incentivar verb (to encourage into action)
Romanian
2 entries- stimula verb (to encourage into action)
- stimula verb (to arouse an organism to functional activity)
Russian
2 entries- стимули́ровать verb (to encourage into action)
- стимули́ровать verb (to arouse an organism to functional activity)
Spanish
2 entries- estimular verb (to encourage into action)
- estimular verb (to arouse an organism to functional activity)
Swedish
4 entries- egga verb (to encourage into action)
- ge näring åt verb (to arouse an organism to functional activity)
- pigga upp verb (to arouse an organism to functional activity)
- reta verb (to encourage into action)
Ukrainian
3 entries- збу́джувати verb (to arouse an organism to functional activity)
- збуди́ти verb (to arouse an organism to functional activity)
- стимулюва́ти verb (to encourage into action)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Tax cuts are often used as a major fiscal tool to stimulate the economy.
Source: tatoeba (239513)
Following the demographic data, the government was obliged to adopt a policy that would stimulate the birth rate.
Source: tatoeba (413515)
The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature.
Source: tatoeba (892896)
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